Steam-cooker



(No Model.)

STEAM COOKER.

W ITNEEE E5 i ATTEI' RN EY UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

WINFIELD E. BEVERIDGE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

STEAM-COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,399, dated July 3,1894.

' Application filed April 26, 1894.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WINFIELD E. B VER- IDGE,a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Cookers, of which thefollowlng IS a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in domestic steam cookers ofthat class which employa number of vessels superimposed one on theother.

The invention has for its object to improve the construction of thesecookers in order to adapt them for a wider range of usefulness.

The Invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation showing the exterior appearance of thecooker. Fig. 2 is a vertical section showing the features of mylnvention anda certain arrangement of the vessels. Fig. 3 shows theinvention diflerently arranged in the combination of vessels. Fig. 4shows a still difierent arrangement of r the vessels. Fig. 5 shows aperforated remov- 2 5 able bottom which may be employed in some of thecombinations of the vessels. Fig. 6

shows a perspective view, broken at one part, of the improved section ofthe cooker.

All the sections or vessels are cylindrical. The letter, A, designatesthe bottom section or boiler having the usual side funnel, or in Iclined filling chute, b. Each section or vessel has handles, 0, for theconvenience of liftmg, and a cover, 01, is employed for the top- 3 5most section or vessel; Heretofore it has been common for each uppervessel, A, to have a bottom like the one in Fig. 2, designated, 2, and astand pipe, f, fixed to said bottom and opening through it to the vesselbelow, so as to aflord access for the steam rising from the boiler, A.In this way it has been common to connect by stand pipes the severalsuperlmposed vessels. v

I provide an improved section, A having an exteriorcircumferentialflange, g, on the wall, to rest on the top rim of any one ofihe vessels,A, or on the boiler, A, and an interior or inturned flange, h, attachedto apendent part, 'L, of the wall below the said exterior 5o flange.This improved section, A is bottom- 1ess,-that is, it has no permanentbottom but Serial No. 509,055. (No model.)

where the bottom would ordinarily be there is only the interiorcircumferential flange, h, referred to; the part, '5, and the flange,h,.set into the lower vessel. This flange is made narrow in order thatwhen this section, A is mounted on the vessel, A, as in Fig. 2, the twosections together, that is, A, and, A will make a double size sectionand'serve as one tallscction, and thus have the capacity for receiving alarge piece of meat, or a ham, which neither of the smaller vesselsalone could receive. This bottomless section, A, may be used in variouscombinations with the several vessels, A, or boiler, A; Figs. 2, 3 and4, illustrate some of the different combinations to which I refer. InFig. 3 a pan, J has at its top-rim an outward flange, k, which rests onthe interior flange, h, of the section, A thus the pan hangs pendentdowninto the vessel or boiler below. This pan may be covered or uncovered; asteam pipe, Z, is rectangular in cross-section-being broad one way andnarrow the otherand' is fixed in andv opens down through the interiorflange, h; by means of this pipe, Z, steam heat may be applied on top ofthe pendent pan, J, while at the same time steam in the boiler belowacts directly on the bottom of the pan. This construction of a sectionwith no bottom, but with an interior flange, h, and a steam pipe, Z,mounted onsaid flange, will also allow of the formation of the doublesize vessel, composedof A, and, A and at the same time permits the useof another or fourth vessel, A, on top of said section, A as shown'inFig.

1, in this case the steam pipe, Z, mounted on the flange, h, serving tocommunicate and pass steam intothe top vessel, A.

In Fig. 4, a removable perforated bottom, M, is shown which rests on theinterior flange, h, and thus may support anything that it is desired tosteam. A pan, J, is here shown supported on the said bottom, M, by wayof illustration. Such a pan may contain, forinstance, a'pudding or apot-pie to be cooked, and is a superior arrangement for these vessels.In this case of using the removable perforated bottom, M, the steampipe, Z, on the flange, h, would also serve, as before stated, tocommunicate with a top vessel,-if one were used on the section, A

5 vessels superimposed one upon the other, the

combination of a lower vessel; a bottomless section, A resting upon saidvessel and having at its base a part, i, which is pendent so as to takedown into said vessel and said I0 pendent part provided with an interiorcircumferential flange, h, and a vertical pipe, 1, fixed in an openingin said flange; and an upper vessel, A, resting upon the said bottomlesssection and receiving a supply of steam [5 from said pipe.

2. Ina steam cooker having a number of vessels superimposed one upon theother, the

combination of a lower vessel; a bottomless section, A resting upon saidvessel and having at its base a part, i, which is pendent so as to takedown into said vessel and said pendent part provided with an interiorcircumferential flange, h, and a vertical pipe, Z, fixed in an'openingin said flange; and a pan, J, having at its top-rim an outward flange,70, which rests on the said interior circumferential flange and therebyhangs into the said lower vessel.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

WINFIELD E. BEVERIDGE. \Vitncsses:

Tiles. (3. BAILEY, CHARLES B. MANN, Jr.

